Guangzhou Vacations, Guangzhou Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

I'm now heading to the airport in Shanghai and not looking forward to returning to Guangzhou because from that point on I will only be going in the direction of home (west) ... it's not that this full trip is over, I still have over 2 weeks left in B.C. Canada ... but the really big part of this travel experience of touring overseas will be ending on January 15th, 2007 :( Today (Jan 14th,2008), I finally decided on the leather boots I would buy and so left Shanghai with a bit of fa...

My train journey from Hong Kong to mainland China is a breeze; in an hour-something I'm in the Peoples Republic of China, worlds most populous country, economic powerhouse, manufacturer of half the things in your house. Probably. I'm on my way to Guangzhou, capital of the Guangdong province and centre of one of the three biggest economic regions of China. In Guangzhou I also planned to meet up with a TravBuddy: Calvin (zkw)!I was browsing TravBuddy a while back on information of southern Chin...

I seem to have a lot of calamities on my vacations but the layover in China was the one where I was a bit scared. I swear i am getting smarted as I am traveling more.. We didn't know (as we booked our flights and everything on line) that we needed a Visa for China. We thought everything was gravy because we were just a layover. Imagine our surprise when we get up to the desk and they ask for a Visa and we have blank expressions on our faces. We are walked over to room and made to stand...

Heute hieß es wieder einmal früh aufstehen, denn mein Zug von Hong Kong nach Guangzhou ist bereits um 9 Uhr gegangen. Der Weg zum Bahnhof dauert etwa eine halbe Stunde und dann mußte ich noch ein wenig Zeit für die Formalitäten bei der Ausreise einplanen. Am Weg zum Bahnhof ist mir schon wieder der handlesende Inder über den Weg gelaufen und wollte abermals Geld von mir. Auch diesmal habe ich ihm gesagt, daß er kein Geld von mir sieht.Ich habe mich eigentlich darauf eingestellt, daß i...